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New Year, New Attitude

The New Year’s conflict:  motivation v. disappointment Every New Year I experience great conflict within myself: I feel utterly motivated to become the person I want to be and completely dejected about not having become the person I wanted to be last year. I tend to think in black and white, all or nothing, and it sets me up for [...]

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Waiting for it; Becoming friendly with delayed gratification

Curtis Hotel Christmas Tree

Instant gratification society Our current culture seems to be based first and foremost on the idea of instant gratification. Lately I’ve been noticing this more and more. The news of our continuing economic struggle shows us the direct results of this pervasive attitude. Burdensome personal debt, health crises, the advent of ADD, and  the fact that storage facilities have become [...]

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Happiest and healthiest city in the U.S.

Gallup poll rates Boulder #1 in health and happiness The findings of the  Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index were released this week, and were compiled based on interviews with more than 353,000 Americans. This poll is, in essence, a survey of attitudes and lifestyles around the U.S. The “life evaluation” for each city consists of job opportunities, personal finances, physical health, emotional [...]

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